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DE. sTEICHLEa DECLINES.
lie VIII Not Accept the Chair Made
Vacant by Dr. Dr. WOOdrow's Ex-
From, the atlanta Constitution Of Friday.

From. the atlanta Constitution Of Friday.
"Comc this way, please" said n neatly at
tired servant in answer to q ring Mt the door
bell By Il Constitution reporter at the Rev
q. iS.. Siricklcr's residence on Washington
street yesterday afternoon. The reporter fol-
lowed, and was uShcred into the library
where he was cordially welcomed by the elo
qucnt pastor of the Central Presbyterian
Church.
Doctor" said the reporter. shave you re-
the directors of the Columbia. s. c., Theolog.
ical Seminary to fill the chair OF natural
seminary made vacant by the expulsion OF
DR.. Woodrow"
mo, sir. The first notice nad OF sucn
step was in reading the Constitution this morn.
Ing"
"Was your name used without your sane
tion. Eoctor?"
"Wcll, yes, In one sense. I'll tell you how
1t was. Sometime ago several reverned gen.
tlcmen called on me and made known their
dcs re of clccting mo to the chair OF natural
science; but declined, giving them. as
thought, sufficient reasons for so doing
"rhcn you were not made aware OF the ac
tion that was taken at the Augusta meeting
Of the diI ectorS?'
"NO, sir"
"Does it meet with your approval, now that
that they have gone so far? That Is. will you
accept the position to which YOU have been
/ choSen?'
Most cmphatically, no."
'sWill you give your reasons for declinlng?'
eyes In the first place don't desire to he
placed in n position which would, am sure
draw toward mo more or less en- nifty on tho
! part OF DR.. WOo,lrow's friends While
would no doubt please one, faction, my &C
ceptancc OF the chair would not be satisfhc
| Tory TO that class who hold to DR.. Woodrow's
theory of eyolulion, which is so antagonistit
to that laid down in our church standard ana
altogether different TO the teachings OF tho
Bibl".'
"IIis theory is?"
'rrhat the body of man is evolved from O
| prc-cyisting animal and that afterwards he
receives his soul by divine WILL
"noes DIR. Woodrow go as far as Darwin
dih?"
"No. Or. Woodrow takes what you might
call n middle ground, while Darwin went the
full length. holding that man derived ms
whole existence from the animal"
(which is altOgrIfcr ut variance Win the
teachings OF the Presbyterian Church %
eyes, most decidedly. Our church holds &c
the doctrine taught by the Bible, that man
Doctor, What other reason have you for de
clining the chair?'
81 am pcrfcct!y contcntcd with my charge
as pastor of the Central Church. The consre
CATION IS, ] think. satisfied with me. anu an
more than satisfied with the members OF my
church. Nothing has ever occurred 10 ma MAJ
the pleasant relations that have always fSis
cd between the members OF the tnurch anu
myself Another reason is that the members
of my family are comfortably situated mere III
Atlanta" no, ,r,,,. oo,rse
Or. WoodrOw will pursue since his expulsion
from the columbia Srminary?
$50. He complained to Tic southern Gen
eral Assembly. aud what action they VIII
take OF course, can't say.
.Whnn docs The Assembly meet and
whrrc:" asked the reporter;
at meets on the third Tuesday in May al
st. Louis, Mo-"